The Way Home is a fantasy drama television series created by Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed. The series stars Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, and Andie MacDowell and it premiered on January 15, 2023.
On March 6, 2025, Hallmark renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on April 19, 2026. On November 20, 2025, People reported that the fourth season of The Way Home would be its last.
Contents
Premise
The series is a time travel drama about the lives of three generations of strong, willful and independent Landry women who embark on a journey to find their way back to each other while learning important lessons about their family's past.
Cast and characters
Main
Chyler Leigh as Katherine "Kat" Landry, Alice's mother and Del's daughter with Colton
Alex Hook as teenage and young adult Kat Landry
Evan Williams as mature Elliot "El" Augustine, a close friend of the Landry family, Alice's physics teacher and Katherine's love interest in the present
David Webster as teenage and young adult Elliot "El" Augustine
Sadie Laflamme-Snow as Alice "Ali" Dhawan, Katherine's daughter and Del's granddaughter
Andie MacDowell as Delilah "Del" Watson Landry, Katherine's mother and Alice's maternal grandmother
Julia Tomasone as teenage and young adult Del Watson in 1974-1983 (seasons 3–4)
Recurring
Remy Smith as child Jacob "Jake" Landry, Delilah's son and Katherine's younger brother, who went missing in 1999 and was eventually presumed dead. It was revealed in the season 1 finale that he followed a stray dog to the pond, fell in, and was sent back in time to 1790.
Spencer MacPherson as mature Jacob "Jake" Landry (seasons 2–4) in 1814 and the present
Jefferson Brown as mature Colton "Cole" Landry, Delilah's late husband and Katherine and Jacob's father who died in a mysterious accident in 2000 and could also time travel
Jordan Doww as teenage Colton "Cole" Landry in 1974–1983 (seasons 3–4)
Lincoln Reign McCaffrey as Colton "Cole" Landry as a child (seasons 2–3)
Al Mukadam as mature Brady Dhawan, Katherine's ex-husband and Alice's father, a rich lawyer who lives in Minneapolis with his new girlfriend Rachel, who is never shown on screen
Siddharth Sharma as teenage and young adult Brady Dhawan
Nigel Whitmey as Byron Groff (season 1), the former owner of the Port Haven, New Brunswick newspaper
Samora Smallwood as mature Monica Hill, a frenemy of Katherine's in high school and a resident of Port Haven who runs a diner
Monique Jasmine Paul as teenage Monica Hill
Kataem O'Connor as Spencer Hill, a student at Alice's new high school and Monica's son
Ali Prijono as Zoey (season 1), a student at Alice's new high school and Spencer's girlfriend
Episodes
Critical reception
The first season of The Way Home holds an 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews, with an average score of 7.5/10.